A Demonstration of ScriptEase Ambient and PC-Interactive Behavior Generation for Computer Role-Playing Games

Authors

  • Maria Cutumisu University of Alberta
  • Duane Szafron University of Alberta
  • Jonathan Schaeffer University of Alberta
  • Kevin Waugh University of Alberta
  • Curtis Onuczko University of Alberta
  • Jeff Siegel University of Alberta
  • Allan Schumacher University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1609/aiide.v2i1.18766

Abstract

ScriptEase is a visual tool that enables game designers to create complex interactive stories for computer role-playing games, without programming. In particular, ScriptEase automatically generates the scripting code for ambient and PC-interactive non-player character (NPC) behaviors from a set of behavior patterns. Without ScriptEase, a game designer would have to write scripting code manually to specify NPC behaviors. This demonstration describes the steps of generating complex and non-repetitive ambient and PC-interactive behavior scripts using generative behavior patterns with ScriptEase. We show how ambient behavior patterns are used to re-generate and improve the behaviors of all ambient NPCs in the Prelude module of the BioWare Corporation's Neverwinter Nights official campaign. We also demonstrate PC-interactive behaviors for a guard NPC in a custom Neverwinter Nights game module. With ScriptEase behavior patterns, game designers can easily and quickly populate a story with an engaging group of NPCs.

Downloads

Published

2021-09-29

How to Cite

Cutumisu, M., Szafron, D., Schaeffer, J., Waugh, K., Onuczko, C., Siegel, J., & Schumacher, A. (2021). A Demonstration of ScriptEase Ambient and PC-Interactive Behavior Generation for Computer Role-Playing Games. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, 2(1), 141-142. https://doi.org/10.1609/aiide.v2i1.18766

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2006): Second Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference

Section

Demonstration Papers